Portland and Vancouver

Me and Joe flew over to Portland Oregon (and Vancouver) for our Easter Ski trip.  Flying with Iceland Air over Greenland....

PORTLAND.   We made it to Phil's place in Portland Oregon :-)

We drove south towards Mt Bachelor for a few days on the piste....

We met Richie and Colin (Phil's son) at Mt Bachelor.  Joe, Philler, Me and Richie.  

We stayed in a great little place in Sun river.  The red car is Phil's.  The white 'A-Team' van is Richie's. 

We had some lovely powder snow in Mt Bachelor.   Joe in the pow....

Joe riding his first ever powder :-)

Philler is there somewhere...

Well deserved Mexican grub.  Joe, Me, Richie, Colin and Phil.

VANCOUVER.   Me and Joe headed up to Vancouver Canada for some touristing and some more snowboarding.  Here's Joe down by the beach at English Bay. 

We went to see the Vancouver Canucks play the Portland Timbers in BC Place.  It was an exciting game.  Vancouver won 3v2 with two goals in extra time.  Including a penalty from Thomas Muller.  Great fun.

We had a game of pitch n putt, and had to contend with some awkward locals :-)

Granville Island.

We did a couple of days snowboarding up at Cypress Mountain.  Reggie works here, and Karen used to :-)   Amazing views over the city.

Joe getting some air.

We went to see the Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team play the Vegas Knights.  The Canucks lost 2v1.

We flew home from Portland, with the various snowy mountains on the horizon. 

What an amazing trip.  Great to see you guys.

The Snutts in Brighton

Me and Joe went to see The Snutts in Brighton.  Mucking about on the pier....

Silent disco on the beach. Only in Brighton :-)

Some light refreshment in the Lanes before the gig at the Chalk..

Cracking band.  Great night.

Lisa's Graduation

Today was Lisa's Graduation from Brighton University.  Cheers...

Lisa graduated with a BSc hons in Geography.  Great work Lisa.

Receiving her degree on the stage of the Brighton Centre...

A proud family :-)

And the traditional mortar board throw....

And a fancy drink to celebrate.....

Congratulations Lisa.  We are all so proud of you.

Preston v Pompey

Me and Joe had a trip up to Preston today to see Pompey play Preston FC.  Quick pre-match drinkie.

Unfortunately we lost 1v0, but a fun trip.   Play Up Pompey.

Crystal Tides in Pompey

Joe, Karen and me went to the Wedgewood Rooms to see local band Crystal Tides.  The ticket was a vinyl album.  They managed to get the album in the top 40.  First independent band from Pompey to do that :-)

Waiting for the band .

Joe moshing with the singer.  That's the singer at the bottom with Pompey shirt on...

Great gig :-)

Pompey 1v 1 Southampton

Pompey play the old foes Southampton today.  Me, Pete and Joe in The Golden Eagle...

Pompey played well and it finished 1v1.   PUP.

Joe - Bosham U18s

There are only a few games left now for Joe's Bosham U18 team.  They got to play at the Bognor Regis 'stadium'.  It finished a draw.

And a sunny day in Lavant.  They won.  Up the Bosham :-)

New Year Yomp

We did the Christmas Yomp on New Years Eve this year.  here are Simon and George playing a variation of beer pong at Paul & Deb's house.

Joe and Seth comparing cheeses at Muir & Kizzies...

Auld Lang's Syne....

Fabulous New Year Fun.  Here's to a fantastic 2026.

Lyme Regis

We had a very nice trip down to Lyme Regis for a meet up with the Davies side of the family...

We had a lovely meal at Tytherleigh Arms near Axminster.

Grandad, Rhys, Joe, Megan, Cadi, Lisa, Karen, Rebecca, Gran and Mark.

We stayed in an Airbnb in Lyme Regis.  Unfortunately the glass fell out of one of the windows!  Luckily it did all get sorted...

Our now traditional Christmas visit to the Volunteer Inn in Lyme.  Fabulous beer :-)

I think that beer was stronger than Karen said it was :-)

Lovely visit,  It was great to see everyone.
 

Christmas Bike Ride

It was the Thursday Bikers Christmas Ride today.   Geoff, Giles, Chalkie, Scholes (just for that pub), Muir, Paul and Me....

We bumped into Clive with a GO sign near Lavant :-)  ?!?!

We rode to Chichester and up the canal....

After a few stops we finished in the Sussex Brewery.....Cheers...

Christmas Day

It's Chrrrriiiiistmaaaaas....

Mum with some flowers from Helen....

Doing pressies....

Mum and Mary joined us for Christmas dinner.

We kept the tradition of burning the Christmas pudding alive and flaming :-)